Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, since the June session, over the summer, I haven't heard and I haven't received any specific opposition from any specific groups towards the implementation of the sports and recreation council. We're proceeding as if we're assuming that the ones that are working on the team or part of the team are in fact representing those people that may have had concerns in the past. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, over the summer we've been monitoring the progress of the interim team that has been putting together plans for the implementation of the Northwest Territories Sports and Recreation Council. Based on their progress up to date, we believe there is the will and there is a need and it's supported by the membership on that interim team to put in place this sports and recreation council. Therefore, I'm prepared to sign off on the sports and recreation policy and the changes to the regulations for the Western Canada Lotteries Act regulations. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Member's quite correct. We do have a capital planning in process which we've been using and it did identify some of the municipal water and sewage needs in particular communities. In most communities that I'm aware of, anyway, the communities did come forward and put high priority on their water and sewage programs. However, they will be making a point of going to all of the communities, either through letter form or actually attending municipal meetings, and then review what the municipalities need for water and sewage. We will also have to have from the tax-based communities their inventory as well. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, Municipal and Community Affairs does have an inventory of the needs for non-tax-based communities at this time. However, we don't have that for tax-based and that was one of the reasons why we were meeting with the tax-based communities was to see if they could put together an inventory of their needs and prioritize it as well. There will be consultations with the communities before we make any decisions about where this funding is going to go and that includes all tax-based. I believe one of the reasons why there may not have been as much non-tax-based representation is because Municipal and Community Affairs spends most of its funding at the present time on non-tax-based communities. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd have to refresh my memory a little bit here, but I believe that Fort Simpson was one of the mayors. The mayor of Yellowknife took part as well. I'm not sure about the other two mayors at this point, but I do know that the NWTAC office membership, administration, was involved as well. One of the things they have not identified yet is how much will go to non-tax-based and how much to tax-based. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the $15 million is at this time spread over a 10-year period, roughly $1.5 million a year, plus whatever we'll receive based on population. Up to now we had some very preliminary discussions with the NWTAC members and I believe three or four mayors must have taken part in the discussions, but we never identified any particular communities or projects at this point in time other than trying to prioritize what services would be the most needed. It seems obvious that water and sewage programs will be a high priority right now. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, Mr. Speaker, I'd be prepared to do that. I'll ask the department to visit the Hay River business community and put together an estimate of the amount of office space and price-wise and that's all we received from them in the first place. So, I'll ask them to put it together again. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as the Member suggested, it would have been one option. However, Public Works and Services advised that if a community is picked by the Board of Management it would be at that point that Public Works and Services would put forward a request for proposal to the landlords in that particular community. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the information I have is that they received certain criteria that the Board of Management would need in order to address the needs of the commission and we used that in a questionnaire to the landlords and that's what we used to establish the information that we passed on back to the Board of Management. Thank you.